Re: Which disk device driver

2004-05-24 Thread John Smith
Sorry, must have been asleep, was indeed initr=/initrd.img in /etc/lilo.conf. Thanks. Sincerely, Jan. On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 16:56, Alexander Schmehl wrote: > * John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040523 13:14]: > > > My conclusion is that the disk device driver is not compiled > > or loaded in a

Re: Which disk device driver

2004-05-23 Thread Bob Proulx
John Smith (a.k.a Jan, apparently) wrote: > installed a new 3.0r2 box with (obviously) 2.4.18-bf2.4. > Tried to upgrade to 2.4.26 by installing the kernel-image but Exactly what kernel did you install? 2.4.26 is not part of 3.0r2. Where did you get it from? > The root= option in /etc/lilo.

Re: Which disk device driver

2004-05-23 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* John Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040523 13:14]: > My conclusion is that the disk device driver is not compiled > or loaded in at the 2.4.26, so I probably need to build a new > kernel. My questions are wether my logic is right and how I can > find out which device driver is being used in the 2.4

Re: Which disk device driver

2004-05-23 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya "john smith" howz jane doe doing ?? On Sun, 23 May 2004, John Smith wrote: > "VFS: Cannot open root device "805" or 08:05 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:05" it means the kernel you are booting cannot find oyur / partitio

Which disk device driver

2004-05-23 Thread John Smith
Hi All, installed a new 3.0r2 box with (obviously) 2.4.18-bf2.4. Tried to upgrade to 2.4.26 by installing the kernel-image but booting with it aborts with "VFS: Cannot open root device "805" or 08:05 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on